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Flicker, Judith,
Figure group -- Female & Child
Portrait female -- Bancroft, Margaret
Occupation -- Education
Dress -- Historic
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Haddonfield
Sculpture
Margaret Bancroft, (sculpture).
Artist:
Flicker, Judith, sculptor.
Title:
Margaret Bancroft, (sculpture).
Dates:
1993.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Statue: metal; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Statue: approx. 5 x 3 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 2 x 2 x 2 ft.
Inscription:
(On lower edge of statue, incised letters:) '93/Judith Flicker/(Founder's mark) (On plaque on front of base:) MARGARET BANCROFT/Founder/1858-1912/Judith Flicker/Sculptor signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A portrait of Margaret Bancroft, dressed in a long Victorian gown, sits upon a short stool. She places her proper left hand upon her lap while her proper right hand rests upon the upper back of a young child who leans forward burying its face in her lap. The statue is set atop an inscribed square base.
Subject:
Figure group -- Female & Child
Portrait female -- Bancroft, Margaret -- Full length
Occupation -- Education -- Teacher
Dress -- Historic -- Victorian Dress
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Haddonfield
Sculpture
Owner:
Bancroft School, Kings Highway & Hopkins Lane, Haddonfield, New Jersey
Remarks:
Margaret Bancroft, 1858-1912, was the founder of the Bancroft School. IAS files contain transcription of foundry mark, possibly an R encircled by a D.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS NJ000278
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
NJ000278
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